Car-end construction



June 12, 1928.

H. L. INGERSOLL CAR END.CONSTRUCTIQN Filed June 7, 1923 Patented June l2, 1928.

` Nunirsi)STA-rss HoWARn niNGnnsoLL, or

WHITE PLAINS; NEW YORK# CAREND CONSTRUCTION.

Application filed; .Tune y"i,

Railroad `freight cars designed and placed in service a decade or more ago are failing to meet present day conditions brought about by the lon ger trains7 heavierl locomotivesand the classification hump yard. `'Ihisispar-` ticularly true of the end constructions Awhich are being knocked` out or broken by the shift-A ing of the. lading as the end has been Weakened by` the torsional and weaving move-y.` ments of the vcar in service, which service conditions it was not designed to meet. rIfhis is especially true of boX and lother house cars. ,l

The end constructions fail in numerous ways, the most frequent of which is by the end or corner post breaking or becoming detached from their moorings at top or bottom. The end sills decay and fail to perform their function of supporting the draft sills from drooping. The end sheatl'iing decays where it is nailed to the end sill so that it not only fails to hold the grain within the car but also does not perform its function as a gusset or bracing to resist the lateral weaving of the car body.

It is expensive to replace an end of a car on account of the cost of material and labor, as well as the time the car is out of se-rvice and, therefore, not producing revenue. Investigation shows that the ends of a box car must be replaced or repaired two or three times a year on an average. All steel car ends arein general use and are easily applied to new equipment as the design can be arranged to accommodate them; but it is expensive in time and material to apply such all steel car ends for repairs, because the old wooden end walls of the car must be removed before the steel end is applied; The old end is scrapped and: wasted. y f

One of the objects of this invention is to provide means for reinforcing and strengthening the vulnerable parts of the old end wall of the old car without necessarily removing or replacing'the old members thereof, even though such frame members are broken.

The invention resides in providing a corrugated or otherwise reinforced plate which can be applied on the exterior of the old wall and is secured on its vertical edges to members which overlap the old corner post of the car and is secured thereto so as to reinforce this post. Thelower fiat margin of the corrugated plate overlies the outer face of the end sill and is secured thereto 1923; seriai No. 643,935.v

yAnother object is toreinforce the end sill i ofzthe car withoutremoving or` replacingv it. If the bottom endvof. thevsheathing yboards is rottedl to such an extent that it cannot be; renailed it .may be advisableito `remove the lower vportion of these .boardsV andpla'ce the reinforcing" corrugated plate, directly` against the'end fiaining of the car and allow the end sheathing boards to overlap the top of the plate for weatherprooiing. Another object is to make the car grain proof without the necessity of removing and replacing` thc end sheathing.

Over thrcequarte-rs of the damages tocar end walls occur within 30 rof the floor. Another object is to distribute the thrust on thexlower part of the :end wall to the side wall of the car.

It is preferably ynot to `langethe rein? forcing plate. along its vertical edges, but to secure it to a separate `angle so that the plate can beapplied to any widthof car by i adjusting the position of the angle to suit. By this means the corrugated flat plate is interchangeable with `other cars. lf a car is destroyed or retired the corrugated plate can be salvaged and used on other equipment.

Another object of the invention is to provide means for resisting the lateral weaving of the car which is accomplished by Vattaching a reinforcing corrugated plate to the end framemembersy of the car, either directly or indirectly.

In the drawings:

Fig. l is an end elevation of a railway box car showing the device applied thereon.

F ig. 2 is a section along line 2--2 of Fig. l. Fig. 3` is a fragmentary side elevation of Fig. 1.

`In the drawings l is the usual end sill; 2 the end plate; 3 the corner post; 4C the end post; 5 the end diagonal braces; 6 the lower end girth; 7 the upper end girth; 8 the lower side girth; 9 the upper side 'girth 10 the side diagonal brace; l1 the side plate; 12 the side sill; 13 the end lining and `14: the end sheathing. The reinforcing plate 22 has integral corrugations 15 or reinforcing ribs formed therein so as to reinforce the entire area .between the adjusting angles on the opposite f sides fifth/eem'.` The adjusting" angles le 'Side Sill 12 t0 thelswerfsirtbs escl may be are. secured to thereinforeing plate 22 and extend vertically from a point adjacent the extended vertical7 asflngh as necessary to n suificiently reinforce the corner postr. The

adjusting angles 16 are secured to the side sill 12 and lowerside getlis 8 and possibly to the upper' sidel girths 9, Apreinforcing connecting band oreangle'l? extends alon' tlitop edge of the 'reinforcing plate 221mg extends to lapthesidewall of'the car and issecured to the sidegirths andprefexiably also to the side ,diagonal lbrace 18.' This member may be of any? desired cross section.

1, An'endywall forl e' railway oar compris# ing an end sill, corner*posts fndposts,.snp

pleinental' post/s an' a woo" en .interior lininglin ycombina ion with an outsidefslieathj ingthe upper part ofsaid sheathing'consist ino solei Y ofa Inralit'y of wooden boards and thelowerpart of `said sheatllingconsisting solely of a metallic plate reinforced with vintegral corrugations which terminatewithen interior lining in combination Withan outside sheatlnng, the upper part of said slieatlfiingconsisting solely of a plurality of wooden boards* and the lower part ofsaid sheathing'consisting, solely of a metallic plate reinforced r`With integral corru ations which terminate within the plate, said supplemental posts reinforcing thecorner post andproviding means forsecuring the platey thereto, 'said end girth secured to the u )per edge ofthe plate und tol both supplemental 

